“These bills are tantamount to censorship on the Internet,” Conway said, segueing into the anecdote where Andreessen apparently asked Emanuel whether the entertainment industry “wanted to turn the United States into China?” with the Stop Online Privacy Act.

Emanuel’s response? According to Conway he got very emotional, and subsequently told the two Internet industry giants that he would help them fight the bill.

But will Emanuel’s help help (and what will the entertainment industry, which provides most of the muscle behind the bill, think?)?

Despite weeks of fierce opposition from everyone who is everyone on the Internet, SOPA author Lamar Smith vowed to press on with the bill today. If SOPA passes through the next half of committee meetings, according to Reuters, it could hit the House floor in a matter of weeks.

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BioRonald Conway has been an active angel investor for over 15 years. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005) whose investments included: Google, Ask Jeeves, Paypal, Good Technology, Opsware, and Brightmail.
Ronald was previously with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions from 1973-1979, and Altos Computer Systems as a co-founder, President …